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  1. xenophobia
    a fear of foreigners or strangers
  2. yahoo
    a person who is not intelligent or interested in culture
  3. yearn
    desire strongly or persistently
  4. yearning
    prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
  5. yelp
    a sharp high-pitched cry
  6. yen
    the basic unit of money in Japan
  7. yeoman
    a free man who cultivates his own land
  8. yield
    give or supply
  9. yoke
    a wooden frame across the shoulders for carrying buckets
  10. yokel
    a person who is not intelligent or interested in culture
  11. yonder
    distant but within sight
  12. yore
    time long past
  13. zany
    ludicrous or foolish
  14. zeal
    a feeling of strong eagerness
  15. zealot
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something
  16. zealous
    marked by active interest and enthusiasm
  17. zenith
    the highest point of something
  18. zephyr
    a slight wind
  19. zero
    the mathematical symbol 0 denoting absence of quantity
  20. zest
    a tart spicy quality
  21. zigzag
    a shape with sharp turns in alternating directions
  22. zoom
    the act of rising upward into the air
Created on Wed May 16 17:45:40 EDT 2012 (updated Wed May 16 17:53:04 EDT 2012)

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